• EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com
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    11 months ago

    What other explanation would you have for the endless pursuit of growth if not capitalism? What other explanation would you have for larger companies pushing smaller ones out if not capitalism. I’m talking both the “why” but also the “how”? Consider the mechanisms of how a company such as Wal-mart can go into a small town and drive everyone else out of business. And then consider why they do it.

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        11 months ago

        You seem to think if it’s not explicitly in a dictionary, then it doesn’t define a word. That’s not how the real world works.

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          11 months ago

          Yes, this is what I was trying to explain. It isn’t printed right there in the dictionary because it isn’t the formal definition. It’s just how it ends up actually working.

          There’s countless other examples too, where the formal definition and what it means in the real world don’t fully line up.